1850 Census - African Americans in Dauphin County

S Surnames

• Sampson, Sarah
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward (151/156)
  description (age/sex/color): 49/F/B
  occupation: (none listed) Possibly a household servant.
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes: Enumerated in the household of George H. Small, clerk.
  census page: 86A

• Sanders, David
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 74/76
  description (age/sex/color): 34/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: One child in the household attended school within the year, although which particular child is not indicated.
  census page: 53B
  other members in household:
  • Mary Sanders
    description: 35/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Rebecca Ann Sanders
    description: 10/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Joseph Radebaugh
    description: 9/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  other households in dwelling:
  1. Jeremiah Hanson
     visitation (house/family): 74/77
     description (age/sex/color): 27/M/B
     occupation: Laborer
     place of birth: Pennsylvania
     notes:
     other members in household:
     • Juliann Hanson
       description: 25/F/B
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
     • Margaret Hanson
       description: 5/F/B
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
     • William Hanson
       description: 3/M/B
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:

• Sanders, David
  description: 38/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in the household of James Vogens, in the dwelling of Phillips, James (see listing)

• Scott, Ann
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 229/255
  description (age/sex/color): 56/F/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write." Family living in the dwelling of Friver, Levi (see listing). One child in the family is also indicated as having "attended school within the year."
  census page: 91B-92A
  other members in household:
  • Mary P. Scott
    description: 25/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • Charlotte C. Scott
    description: 14/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Susan R. Scott
    description: 11/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Martha A. Scott
    description: 17/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Scott, George
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 153/157
  description (age/sex/color): 25/M/M
  occupation: Servant
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in the dwelling of Wolf, John (see listing)
  census page: 86A
  other members in household:
  • Rebecca Scott
    description: 19/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Ann C. Scott
    description: 3/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Scott, James
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 187/233
  description (age/sex/color): 37/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned: 400
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 66A
  other members in household:
  • Charlotte Scott
    description: 37/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • Mary Scott
    description: 11/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Samuel Scott
    description: 5/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • William Scott
    description: 4/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Theodore Scott
    description: 3/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  other households in dwelling:
  1. Eli Bell
     location: Harrisburg, North Ward
     visitation (house/family): 187/234
     description (age/sex/color): 28/M/M
     occupation: Waiter
     place of birth: Pennsylvania
     notes: "Cannot read and write." Eli Bell was also enumerated as a waiter in a hotel run by Jacob Sanders (see listing)
     census page: 66A
     other members in household:
     • Sarah Bell
       description: 24/F/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
     • Maria Bell
       description: 4 mos./F/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
  2. Samuel Thompson
     visitation (house/family): 1887/235
     description (age/sex/color): 31/M/B
     occupation: Laborer
     place of birth: Pennsylvania
     notes: "Cannot read and write."
     other members in household:
     • Eliza Thompson
       description: 25/F/B
       place of birth: Maryland
       notes:
     • William Thompson
       description: (no age recorded)/M/B
       place of birth: Maryland
       notes:
     • Alexander Thompson
       description: 3/M/B
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
     • Ann Freedom
       description: 54/F/B
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:

• Scott, John
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward (52/53)
  description (age/sex/color): 18/M/B
  occupation: Waiter
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in hotel operated by Jacob Sanders.
  census page: 51A-51B

• Scott, Joseph
  location: Harrisburg, West Ward (458/510)
  description (age/sex/color): 25/M/B
  occupation: Servant
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in hotel kept by Edward Perkins, apparently as staff. Other African Americans living here are Martha Batten, Alfred Batten and Eliza Trusty.
  census page: 34B

• Scott, Martha
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward (36/36)
  description (age/sex/color): 18/F/B
  occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant.
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Enumerated in the household of John H. Brant, Commission Merchant.
  census page: 77B

• Scott, William
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 211/270
  description (age/sex/color): 54/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned: 500
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 68B
  other members in household:
  • Joseph Scott
    description: 14/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Ellen Scott
    description: 11/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Henrietta Smith
    description: 15/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Rosanna Smith
    description: 32/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Sarah Scott
    description: 60/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Cannot read and write."

• Shaffer, Amelia
  description: 40/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write." Living in the household of Bennett, Samuel, in the dwelling of Mans, Samuel (see listing).

• Sherman, James
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 100/107
  description (age/sex/color): 65/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Marks indicate one child in this household has "attended school within the year." It does not specify which child.
  census page: 56A
  other members in household:
  • Mary Ann Sherman
    description: 16/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Elizabeth Sherman
    description: 12/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Shorter, Samuel
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 253/326
  description (age/sex/color): 37/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned: 200
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
  census page: 71B
  other members in household:
  • Hester Shorter
    description: 34/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • John Shorter
    description: 14/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Shultz, John
  description: 8/M/M
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes: "Attended school within the year." In household of Jones, William A. (see listing)

• Shultz, Victoria
  location: Harrisburg, South Ward
  visitation (house/family): 217/241(William Doles, Watchmaker)
  description (age/sex/color): 15/F/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Listed at the end of a very large household, possibly a boarding house. Other African Americans listed are Martha Smith and Hanna Ward.
  census page: 15A

• Simmons, Edward
  description: 21/M/M
  occupation: Waiter
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in the household of Chester, George (see listing).

• Simms, Solomon
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 258/331
  description (age/sex/color): 28/M/B
  occupation: Shoemaker
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes:
  census page: 72A
  other members in household:
  • Sarah Simms
    description: 24/F/B
    place of birth: Maryland
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • Sarah Simms
    description: 7/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • James Simms
    description: 4/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Smallwood, Reuben
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 192/209
  description (age/sex/color): 45/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 88B
  other members in household:
  • Mary Smallwood
    description: 46/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Susan Smallwood
    description: 17/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Smith, Ann
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward (22/23)
  description (age/sex/color): 26/F/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: In household of William B. Johnson, stone cutter. Listed at the end of a very large household, possibly a boarder.
  census page: 48B-49A

• Smith, Henrietta
  description: 15/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living with the Scott, William, family (see listing).
• Rosanna Smith
  description: 32/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: (see listing for Rosanna and Henrietta Smith, directly below)

• Smith, Rosanna
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward (255/286)
  description (age/sex/color): 40/F/B
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Enumerated in John Stahl's hotel.
  census page: 94A
• Smith, Henrietta
  description (age/sex/color): 15/F/B
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Enumerated in John Stahl's hotel.

• Smith, Jackson
  location: Harrisburg, South Ward
  visitation (house/family): 113/121
  description (age/sex/color): 24/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned: (Tenant)
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes:
  census page: 7B
  other members in household:
  • Elenor do
    description: 28/F/B
    place of birth: Penna.
    notes:
  • William H. do
    description: 2/M/B
    place of birth: Penna.
    notes:
  • Margaret do
    description: 9 mos./F/B
    place of birth: Penna.
    notes:

• Smith, John
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward (116/116)
  description (age/sex/color): 17/M/B
  occupation: Servant
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel
  census page: 83A-83B
  List of all African Americans in this hotel: George Malony, Samuel Bennet, Ann E. Bennet, George Hamilton, Jacob Bennett, John Smith, Peter Adley, Augustus Coates, Phebe Belt, Mary Carter, Ann Foot, Eliza Forrest, Margaret James, Julia Green, Harriet Belt, Charles Bradford and John Fyatt.

• Smith, Martha
  location: Harrisburg, South Ward
  visitation (house/family): 217/241(William Doles, Watchmaker)
  description (age/sex/color): 45/F/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Listed at the end of a very large household, possibly a boarding house. Other African Americans listed are Hanna Ward and Victoria Shultz.
  census page: 15A

• Smith, Mary
  description: 60/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write." "Insane" In household of Kelly, Jeremiah. (see listing)

• Smith, Samuel
  description: 21/M/M
  occupation: Waiter
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in household of Pollet, John (see listing).
• Martha Smith
  description: 49/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."

• Smith, Samuel
  description: 24/M/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in household of Elliott, William (see listing).
• Caroline Smith
  description: 20/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
• Sarah Smith
  description: 6/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
• Thomas Smith
  description: 4/M/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:

• Smith, Teresa
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 11/11
  description (age/sex/color): 30/F/M
  occupation: (none listed) possibly hotel employees
  value of real estate owned: 300
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Enumerated at Wells Coverly's hotel.  This was the Union Hotel, located on the southeast corner of Market Square and Blackberry Alley.
  census page: 75A
  other members in household: All African Americans enumerated at this hotel: Joshua Mills, John Gaiter, Mark Gaiter, Rachel Cox, Hannah Kelley, Betsey Thompson, Sarah Atlee, Adeline Dromiry and Teresa Smith.

• Smith, Thomas
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 177/189
  description (age/sex/color): 30/M/B
  occupation: Waiter
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in the dwelling of Stevens, David (see listing)
  census page: 87B
  other members in household:
  • Theresa Smith
    description: 25/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • John Smith
    description: 1/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Snowden, Susan E.
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 96/103
  description (age/sex/color): 25/F/B
  occupation: (none listed)
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 55B
  other members in household:
  • Dorothena Snowden
    description: 4/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Soule, William
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 249/279
  description (age/sex/color): 26/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 93B
  other members in household:
  • Demira Soule
    description: 22/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Lucy Soule
    description: 4/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Joseph Soule
    description: 2/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Mary Anderson
    description: 18/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Spence, Thomas
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 230/256
  description (age/sex/color): 29/M/M
  occupation: Waiter
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  census page: 92A
  other members in household:
  • Julia Spence
    description: 25/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Susan Spence
    description: 67/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Ellen Spence
    description: 5/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."

• Spence, William
  description: 32/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Living in household of Bradley, Henry, barber (see listing)

• Spotwood, Thomas
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 181/226
  description (age/sex/color): 28/M/M
  occupation: Butcher
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write." In dwelling of Davis, John (see listing)
  census page: 65B
  other members in household:
  • Maria Spotwood
    description: 28/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Thomas Spotwood
    description: 7 mos./M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Stanton, Alexander
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward
  visitation (house/family): 200/256
  description (age/sex/color): 25/M/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes: Living in dwelling of Brown, James (see listing)
  census page: 67B
  other members in household:
  • Henrietta Stanton
    description: 23/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • John Stanton
    description: 3 mos./M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Stanton, Elizabeth
  description: 1/F/B
  place of birth: Penna
  notes: In household of Gantz, Edward R. (see listing)

• Stevens, David
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 177/187
  description (age/sex/color): 34/M/M
  occupation: Preacher
  value of real estate owned:
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes: David Stevens lived near to Edward Bennet, and George Galbraith, two other local A.M.E. preachers.
  census page: 87B
  other members in household:
  • Phillis Stevens
    description: 48/F/M
    place of birth: New Jersey
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • Rebecca Stevens
    description: 18/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • John Harris
    description: 1/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  other households in dwelling:
  1. Betsy Morris
     visitation (house/family): 177/188
     description (age/sex/color): 71/F/M
     occupation: (none listed)
     value of real estate owned: 400
     place of birth: Pennsylvania
     notes: Single person household.
  2. Thomas Smith
     visitation (house/family): 177/189
     description (age/sex/color): 30/M/B
     occupation: Waiter
     place of birth: Pennsylvania
     notes:
     other members in household:
     • Theresa Smith
       description: 25/F/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:
     • John Smith
       description: 1/M/M
       place of birth: Pennsylvania
       notes:

• Stevens, James
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  description (age/sex/color): 30/M/B
  occupation: Waiter
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Enumerated in the household of C. W. Schreiner, teacher. This is possibly a boardinghouse.
  census page: 97B
  other African Americans in household: Charles Stewert, William Wright, Jacob Peters, John Johnson.

• Stevenson, Catharine
  location: Harrisburg, West Ward (403/452)
  description (age/sex/color): 50/FM
  occupation: Servant
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Servant in the hotel run by William Buehler along with Richard and Fanny Pople, both African American, and Ann Norris, an 18 year old white female.
  census page: 30A

• Stevenson, Henry
  location: Harrisburg, West Ward
  visitation (house/family): 463/514
  description (age/sex/color): 50/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  value of real estate owned: (Tenant)
  place of birth: Maryland
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
  census page: 35A
  other members in household:
  • Fanny do
    description: 36/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Cannot read and write."
  • Robert do
    description: 17/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Catharine do
    description: 10/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • Caroline do
    description: 7/F/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • David do
    description: 5/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes: "Attended school within the year."
  • George do
    description: 1/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Getys Miller
    description: 34/M/M
    occupation: Laborer
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • John do
    description: 3 mos/M/M
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • David Gibb
    description: 23/M/B
    occupation: Waiter
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  • Sophia do
    description: 21/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:

• Stewart, Jane
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  visitation (house/family): 227/252
  description (age/sex/color): 49/F/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  value of real estate owned: 500
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Single person household.
  census page: 91B

• Stewart, William
  description: 26/M/B
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write." Living in household of Jones, W. M. (see listing).
• Priscilla Stewart
  description: 6 mos./F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:

• Stewert, Charles
  location: Harrisburg, East Ward
  description (age/sex/color): 37/M/M
  occupation: (none listed)
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: Enumerated in the household of C. W. Schreiner, teacher. This is possibly a boardinghouse.
  census page: 97B
  other African Americans in household: James Stevens, William Wright, Jacob Peters, John Johnson.

• Stratton, Jacob
  location: Harrisburg, West Ward (284/314)
  description (age/sex/color): 40/M/B
  occupation: (none listed) probable household or farm servant
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: In the household of industrialist Jacob Haldeman, farmer. Stratton is listed with two other African Americans, Nancy Molson and Ann Griffith.
  census page: 20B

• Stuart, Eliza
  location: Harrisburg, North Ward (19/20)
  description (age/sex/color): 35/F/B
  occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: In household of Samuel S. Bigler, lumber merchant
  census page: 48B

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